When Child Custody Disputes Go Global, You’ll Need An Experienced Attorney

For families that span international borders, child custody disputes can become even more complex and urgent. If you’re a parent and your spouse forcibly takes your child away to another foreign country, you may have an international child abduction case on your hands. It’s not unusual to feel powerless in this situation – what good is American family law when your spouse and child are out of the country?

However, you may have a case under international law.

When one parent wrongfully removes or retains a child from their country of habitual residence, it constitutes international parental child abduction under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Attorney Byron Acosta can help you with your international custody and child abduction case. Based in Lake Worth but serving all Florida clients, Acosta is a designated Hague Convention attorney for the U.S. network – he has experience handling custody disputes that span international borders. Through his boutique law practice Byron Acosta, P.A., attorney Acosta will personally handle your family law case and work with you to fight for your custody rights.

What Is The Hague Convention?

The Hague Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides a civil mechanism for securing the prompt return of children who have been abducted from their home country. The United States is one of the countries that ratified the treaty.

Under the Convention’s provisions, a person who breaches the child custody rights of another person, parent, or institution, even before any abduction takes place, commits the offense of wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child.

Once a parent or guardian files a Convention case, courts in the country where the child was abducted must act quickly to order the return of the child to their home country.

Don’t Wait To Claim Rightful Custody Of Your Abducted Child

Time is of the essence in international child abduction cases. Byron Acosta, P.A., serves clients in the Lake Worth, St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade areas, but also accepts clients throughout Florida. Call now at 561-708-4777 or send an email to learn how attorney Acosta can help you in this stressful situation. Free consultations. Attorney Acosta also offers flexible payment plans.